With ‘Frasier’ leaving building, TV is a little dumber
The end of Frasier Crane brings home that TV can’t do smart people good. In the TV universe, the intelligentsia is a tiny minority in a population of Gilligans and Seinfelds. “Frasier” proved a refreshing exception, and its Thursday finale sweeps off not one, but two smarty-pants from the schedule…
Top Searches 2003
[columns][three-columns][/three-columns][two-three-columns] Kazza, Ameriacan Idol and Atkins take top honors In search of enlightenment and answers, information seekers the world over turned to Yahoo! Search in 2003. File-sharing program Kazaa beat out heavy hitters like Harry Potter and Britney Spears to take top overall honors. War in Iraq and rumors of…
More options now for people who can’t tolerate milk
Restaurants and supermarkets throughout the Bay Area are beginning to get milk — alternatives, that is. Here in the land of soy milk and organic honey, a confluence of food movements is indirectly benefiting those with lactose intolerance: The vegan movement, the spread of Mediterranean and Pacific Rim cuisine, health…
WHEN ELEPHANTS PAINT …; INTRIGUING IMAGES INSPIRE DEBATE
GIVE ENOUGH monkeys a typewriter and they might channel Shakespeare, but infinity is a long time to wait. To see and own paintings by an elephant, however, will take just a matter of days. On Wednesday, the Berkeley Art Museum hosts “Komar and Melamid’s Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project.”…
Yahoo! 2002 Buzz Leaders
Yahoo! 2002 Buzz Leaders 2002 Overall Buzz Leaders Rank Subject 1 PlayStation 2 2 Britney Spears 3 Dragon Ball Z View all 2002 leaders… 2002 TV Leaders Rank Subject 1 Dragon Ball Z 2 American Idol 3 Yu-gi-oh View all 2002 TV leaders… 2002 Music Leaders Rank Subject 1 Britney…
REVIEW: GOOFBALL “BIG TROUBLE” SETS UP A LINKAGE OF LAUGHTER
Instant MTV category: Best toe-sucking scene. Winner: Stanley Tucci. To know Tucci is to love him, and if you don’t know him, you’ll probably recognize him (“Big Night,” “Winchell,” Richard Cross in “Murder One”). If you don’t recognize him, you won’t forget him after you see him in “Big Trouble”…
ABC’S “BACHELOR” ENGAGES DISCUSSION BETWEEN SEXES
On March 18, 25 women began vying for the attention of one man on prime-time television. For the next few weeks they will be eliminated, until only one remains to be fitted for a wedding ring. We know “The Bachelor” is degrading. We know “The Bachelor” is every man’s fantasy….
WHERE THE WILD ONES GROW; A SPRING CAROL HERALDS A SEASON OF WILDFLOWERS
Winter has teased us, luring us with false summer days and then dousing our feverish delusions with cold spells and downpours. Wildflowers, though, herald a true spring. Their insistent presence sprouts across the generous expanse of vineyards and mountain slopes, even in the spare soil of sidewalk crevices and median…
HEAD CASE; NEW EXHIBIT ATTRACTS LIKE MINDS AND DIVERSE SKULLS
* What: “Skulls” * Where: California Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, S.F. * When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Memorial Day through Labor Day * How much: $8.50 general; $5.50 ages 12-17, students and ages 65 and older; $2 ages 4-11; free, ages 3 and under, members…
LEAVE ROOM IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO SEE “PANIC”
Hype is building around “Panic Room,” which is unfortunate, because it’s a very good movie. Deceptively restrained in its environs and plot lines, the thriller simply boils down to a woman and her daughter trapped in their home with three male intruders. The distance between setup and conflict is a…